20 Super Practical Tips for Windows XP

Many Windows XP users complain that the system shutdown waits too long, the disk usage is high, and some operations do not have Windows 98 and other issues. The following is a detailed description of the 20 skills, I hope to help you improve your application skills.

1. Automatically record the opening time of the file in Notepad

In Notepad, we can record the time each time a text file is opened by entering the first line of the file. ".LOG" (note: must be capitalized!), then wrap the text to start the text. This will automatically add the current time after the file is closed each time the file is opened.

2. Quickly browse offline pages

You need to browse an open page. The traditional way is to find and open this page in a link, one link, in the order of online opening. The quicker way is to add this page to your favorites and later browse the page from your favorites in offline mode. In fact, creating a shortcut for this page is the fastest way. In the address bar of the browser, there is a small icon in front of the URL of the opened webpage. Hold down the small icon with the mouse and drag it to the desktop. You can quickly browse the webpage offline on the desktop next time.

3, fast mail

Right click on the "Start" menu, select "Open", right click in the open window, select "New" --- "Shortcut", then type "mailto:" in the "Please type the location of the project" box, click "Next", enter the name in the "Type the name of the shortcut" box, click "Finish" . Just click on this shortcut to create a new email in the future. If you often email a friend, you can create a shortcut for this friend. The method is similar to the above. For example, if your friend's email address is [email protected], then you just need to type "mailto:[email protected]" in the "Please enter the location of the project" box, and the rest will remain unchanged.

4. Place your favorite programs near the top of the Start menu

Are you very fond of a program and use it often? Then, it should be prioritized in the Start menu by placing it at the top of the list. This approach ensures that the program remains in the start menu and is not interfered with by other programs, even if other programs have a higher frequency of use. Right-click on the link to your favorite program on the Start menu and select "Apply to the 'Start' menu" in the shortcut menu that appears. Your program will be permanently moved to the top of the list, just below the browser and email program.

5. Adding a ring to Capslock

If you accidentally press Capslock when you type Chinese, it will become uppercase English. Adding a "bell" to this button is more worrying. To do this, open the Accessibility tab of the Control Panel and in the Keyboard item, select Use Switching Key.

6.Using the recycle bin to encrypt the folder

(1) First, click "My Computer→View→Folder Options", select "Show all files", single "OK" ".

(2) Enter the system root directory, right click on the "Recycle Bin", (named "Recycled" folder), in the pop-up shortcut menu dialog box, select "Enable thumbnail view mode", Then click on "Apply" and you will find that the system automatically selects the "Read Only" property. You need to manually remove the "Read Only" property and then click "OK". At this point you will find that the icon becomes a normal folder, then double-click the "Recycled" folder, find an initialization file named "desktop.ini", activate it, and copy it to the file you need to encrypt. Next, as in the "d:\\MyFiles" folder below.

(3) Then right click on the "d:\\MyFiles" folder, select the properties, make sure the "Read Only" property is selected in the pop-up dialog box, and then check the "Enable thumbnail view mode" checkbox. Hook in front of the box and confirm.

7. Temporarily assign management permissions to yourself

Many programs require you to have administrative privileges during the installation process. Here is an easy way to temporarily assign administrative privileges to yourself when logged in as a normal user. Hold down the "Shift" key while right clicking on the program installation file. Click "Run as" in the shortcut menu that appears, and enter the username and password with the appropriate administrative rights. This is also true for applications on the Start menu.

8. Reject group similar taskbars

Although Windows XP "group similar taskbar button" setting can make your taskbar open less window and keep it clean, but for some need to open the same kind The work of multiple windows is very inconvenient. If you use QQ communication software to chat with people online, if there are more than two friends talking to you at the same time, you will immediately feel the inconvenience caused by the default settings of XP DD every time you want to switch the conversation object. You must first click on the group, then select the friends you want to talk in the pop-up menu, and each friend displays the same icon in the group. When there are many conversation objects, you may have to click one by one to see exactly Who replied, waiting for your reaction, and choosing the wrong one, has to choose from the group, it is very troublesome. Obviously, this is not as good as opening a few windows, and clicking on each small window in the taskbar can start chatting. Change method: Click “Start → Control Panel → Appearance and Theme → Taskbar and ‘Start Menu”. In the pop-up window, remove the hook in front of the “Group similar taskbar button” option.

9. Changing the file date

To change the date of XXX.exe (any exe file), type copy XXX.exe+ in MS-DOS
mode, (Note: followed by 2 commas after the plus sign), the system asks to type "Y" to change to the current date.

10, uninstall useless dynamic links

Resource Manager often leaves useless dynamic links in memory, in order to eliminate this phenomenon, you can open the registry editor, set the key value :HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\ SOFTWARE \\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\EXPlorer\\AlwaysUnloadDLL=DWord: 1 Set it to 0 and this feature will be turned off. Note: In order for the settings to take effect, you will need to restart your computer.

11, the prefetch provided

XP uses read this new set Technical
, to improve system speed. If you have PIII 800, 512M memory or more, it is recommended to modify: 1. Run "regedit" 2. Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters\\EnablePrefetcher>; 3. Set the value 0,1 , 2, 3. 0-Disable, 1-read-ahead application, 2-start pre-read, 3-pre-read both ("3", recommended). 4. Restart. This can reduce startup time.

12, clear the pre-read file

When XP is used for a period of time, the files in the pre-reading folder will become very large, there will be dead chain files, which will slow down the system. time. Recommendation: Delete these files on a regular basis. (Windows\\prefetch)

13. Delete the system redundant dll file

"HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\sharedlls" records the shared dll information, the following numbers indicate the current The dll file is shared by several applications. If its value is 0, it means that it is redundant. You can delete it by

14, invalidating the reading ability of ZIP documents

Windows XP supports ZIP documents by default, but the system will consume a lot of resources. You can turn this off. Just type "regsvr32/u zipfldr.dll" in the "Run" of the "Start" menu.

15. Temporary files will affect the performance of the system

Go to the "Settings" button in the "Internet Temporary Folder" in the "Internet Options" and click "Move Files" in the Open dialog box. Folder" Move the Internet Temporary Folder to another extent, don't let it be in the same partition as the system file. This is because the temporary file is small, multi, and messy, and it will generate a lot of fragmentation. If you let it and system files put Together will affect the performance of the system.

16. Quickly close a series of windows

When a user opens a deep folder through "My Computer", many windows will be opened in turn, and it will be troublesome to close one by one. If the user presses the Shift key while closing the bottom layer of the window, all windows will be closed at the same time. If you press the Shift key while closing a middle window, the upper window will be closed, and the lower window will remain unchanged.

Microsoft's recycling station, for a long time, we inevitably want to give this special object Take a different name, it is not difficult to do this, as long as we open the Registry Editor program and open the {HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID\\[645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E>} branch, under it Change the "Recycle Bin" to your favorite name, such as "trash can". Refresh to the desktop, a "trash can" appears on the desktop

17, delete unnecessary programs

In addition, when you install WinXP, perhaps greedy to put all The program was all installed, and later it was found that it was useless. However, no traces were found in the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. At this time, you can use the following methods to force them to appear: To display hidden files and folders first, please perform the following steps: Click "Start → Control Panel → Tools → Folder Options" in the view tab list Under the hidden files and folders branch, click on "Show all files and folders". To edit the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog box, do the following: First, to ensure that you can revert to the initial configuration state if necessary, keep the sysoc.inf file (on the hard disk\\Windowst\\inf\\) before starting the operation. A backup in the Sysoc.inf folder) and give the backup a different name, such as Sysoc2.inf. Open the Sysoc.inf file. Each line of text in the file represents a component that can be displayed in the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog box. For example, you can change Pinball=ocgen.dll, OcEntry, pinball.inf, HIDE, 7 to Pinball=ocgen.dll, OcEntry, pinball.inf,, 7 to save the Sysoc.inf file, then close and restart it. computer. After that, you can delete the pinball game in the “Add/Remove” button in the control panel. The procedure is actually very simple. For those components that you want to see in the dialog box, delete the word HIDE in the corresponding text line (do not delete the comma). However, be aware that this method cannot remove Win core components such as Fax Services.

Generate an "autorun.inf" file on the disk you want to run automatically and open it with Notepad. Write: [Autorun> open= (fill in the program you want to run automatically, such as: C:\\Windows \ otepad.exe, followed by the parameter /autorun) icon=(fill in some icons here, such as: C:\\123.ico) So our hard disk will be the same as some CDs, it will automatically run when it is opened. program of.

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